Tanana
[tan-uh-nah, -naw]
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noun, plural Tan·a·nas, (especially collectively) Tan·a·na for 2.
a river flowing NW from E Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.
the Athabaskan language of the Tanana.
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Some of them had been across to the Yukon years before and had visited the mission at Tanana.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog SledHudson Stuck
The Tanana Crossing is a central spot for the Indians of this region.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog SledHudson Stuck
We reached Tanana on the 1st of April, just six weeks since we left.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog SledHudson Stuck
Anyhow, that is how Harper found some gold in the Tanana country.
Young Alaskans in the Far NorthEmerson Hough
He must be some rough bird to earn a name like that over on the Tanana.
Connie Morgan in the Fur CountryJames B. Hendryx
Tanana
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